[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]
Return to main CEDA-L Archive Page

[Fwd: Re: Christmas humor (apologies)]



Bill Harlow wrote:
> 
> >In a message dated 96-12-29 02:45:02 EST, you write:
> >
> ><< >Twas the night before Christmas
> > >and throughout the White House
> > >Al was staring at Hillary
> > >peering into her blouse.
> > > >>
> >
> >Perhaps folks should reflect more before choosing to inflict their style of
> >humor on the rest of us.  ;-)
> >
> >Frankly, though, this just wasn't that funny. It was sexist ridicule, and I
> >just don't see many folks laughing over this one, unless of course, they also
> >support sexism masquerading as an attempt at humor. Why did you feel that
> >this was necessary?
> >
> >I thought this problem had voluntarily left,
> >
> >Bear
> >Weber St.
> 
> My apologies for sending something to the community at large without
> considering it more carefully.  I realize that this was wrong and I should
> not have done it.  My belief was that the poem as a whole, a collection of
> political slams, would be found humurous and I failed to edit the offensive
> parts.  Again, my apologies and promises to look ,ore carefully at such
> things in the future.
> 
> Bill

-- 
<----------------------------------------->
| Randal Pittelli                         |
| Dept of Environmental Medicine          |
| Univ of Rochester Medical Center        |
| Rochester, NY 14642                     |
|                                         |
| TEL: (716) 275-0797                     |
| FAX: (716) 256-2591                     |
| pittelli@envmed.rochester.edu           |
| http://www.envmed.rochester.edu/wwwrlp/ |
| --------------------------------------- |
|  "Love only a god that dances" - F.N.   |
<----------------------------------------->


Archive created by Jonathan Stanton (jonathan@cs.jhu.edu)
Return to main CEDA-L Archive Page